COLUMBIA, Mo. - Three records were broken in the pool on the first day of at the 2009 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships. After the first day, Texas A&M’s men sit ahead of Texas and Missouri with 113 points, while UT lead the women’s field after scoring 80 points through two relays.

In the 800-yard freestyle relay, UT’s Karlee Bispo, Leah Gingrich, Riefenstahl and Hersey set the third championship and conference record of the day with a time of 6:58.37. On the men’s side, it was the Longhorns who finished ahead as the relay of Berens, Michael Klueh, Ryan Verlatti and Dave Walters swam a 6:15.13.

A&M’s Eric Sehn walked away with his 10th Big 12 individual title after scoring a 386.80 in the one-meter springboard. His 10 titles is the most in the history of the championship, and ties for first all-time in conference. Sehn is also the first diver to win four titles in the event during a four-year career.

The championships resume Thursday at 10 a.m. with preliminary action, with the finals slated for a 6 p.m. start.